arisen

verb

past participle of arise
1
as in risen
to leave one's bed the travelers arose before dawn and were on their way as the sun came up

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2
as in emerged
to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly note in your report any problems that arise while you are conducting the experiment

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3
as in originated
to come into existence it is not known exactly how mammals arose, but scientists date the earliest mammals to the Triassic period

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4
as in ascended
to move or extend upward slowly the hot-air balloon arose, and the round-the-world flight was begun

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Recent Examples of arisen This All Come Back Now Perhaps my longest standing correspondence that has arisen from the podcast is with the Koori/Goori and Lebanese writer Mykaela Saunders. — Diana Arterian, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026 After the Highlands Community Charter and Technical Schools’ bankruptcy filing, questions have arisen about the school’s use of its remaining public funds. — Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026 Sustainable practices Though problems with fish farming have arisen worldwide, for some countries, it aquaculture has been a boon. — Ian Urbina, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026 Several approaches to solving the Rendering Equation in the production of still and motion pictures have arisen in the intervening years. — Artforum, 28 Sep. 2026 Since the depths of the coronavirus pandemic, various new international funds, collaboratives, scientific programs and agreements have arisen to tackle pandemic threats better. — ABC News, 25 Sep. 2026 Dolly Parton recently passed away at age 80, and since her death, questions have arisen about her estate. — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 15 Sep. 2026 The vanishing New York chronicled in the blogs of the mid-aughts has mostly vanished, NYU has colonized large swaths of downtown, and a populace struggling to afford the crushing price of housing has arisen in its wake. — David Freedlander, Curbed, 11 Sep. 2026 And the human element isn’t the only complication — there are legal questions that haven’t arisen before to consider, too. — Shyla Watson, PEOPLE, 2 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for arisen
  1. risen
  2. emerged
  3. originated
  4. ascended
  5. woken
  6. occurred
  7. begun
  8. soared
Verb
  • In 2025, about 28% of the people deported were arrested inside the country, but by July of this year that had risen to 39%.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026
  • In recent years, interest in fan fiction has risen right alongside Hollywood’s persistent investment in adapting pre-existing IP.
    — Emily Maskell, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of risen
Verb
  • Until then, it was thought bats might’ve emerged somewhere in North America, among other theories.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Kansas has emerged as an unlikely battleground in a turbulent midterm election year for Republicans, who are striving to hold onto slim majorities in both chambers of Congress.
    — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of emerged
Verb
  • Another ongoing complaint against Citation originated about 10 miles east of the Bayou, where a rancher named Mike Faulkner noticed an unusual amount of salt water gurgling to the surface and flowing down a creek on his land in April.
    — Nick Bowlin, ProPublica, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Well, that rate would have originated around 4%, and now rates are up 525 basis points.
    — Diana Olick, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of originated
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  • In 2002, a snowboarder named Marco Siffredi, who had ascended via another route, tried to descend the Hornbein.
    — Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
  • When Elizabeth ascended to the throne in 1952, McCartney was just 10 years old.
    — Monica Coviello, Vanity Fair, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of ascended
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  • Fahed Ahmro, a 51-year-old city worker, fled to a relative’s home after loudspeaker warnings and sirens woke him.
    — Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Dwight is soon woken by Joanne (Annabella Sciorra) to the news that the plane went down over the Pacific Ocean.
    — Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of woken
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  • If a split occurred, the black hole’s horizon — the boundary beyond which light cannot escape — would divide into two separate horizons.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026
  • The five killings occurred within a 25-hour period, and the crime scenes range from southwest Charlotte to northeast Charlotte, CMPD said.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of occurred
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  • The International Committee of the Red Cross has begun receiving lists again of Palestinian detainees from the West Bank and Gaza, a spokesperson confirmed.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
  • The investigation into the events that surrounded the discovery of Jalen Hurts' blood clots has begun in earnest and there is 'no timetable for completion', a source told OutKick on Sunday.
    — Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of begun
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  • During his third term, Brazil’s budget deficit expanded to more than 8% of GDP as government spending soared and overall growth cooled, driving surging debt levels.
    — Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Since October 7th, antisemitic acts have soared, from fewer than five hundred incidents in 2022 to more than fifteen hundred in 2023 and again in 2024, with thirteen hundred and twenty acts reported last year.
    — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of soared

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